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i, for one, frankly do not know what can be done by the united states. and most of the calls for an american intervention such as flying over it -- i don't know what we would be doing with our aircraft, that doesn't solve the political problems on the ground. there isn't a good solution except one perhaps that is to say some form of international cooperation which we haven't been able to generate yet. that is to say the u.n. security council, particularly chinese and the russians, have to be part of the solution. >> and so the killing just continues on the ground indefinitely, right? >> alas, and do we send in the marines or whatever we send in or we bomb them. >> and we get in the middle of a civil war and, of course, ends badly. and the region erupts. the russians. it seems to me that it's not in the russians' best interests in the long run to continue standing beside a tyrant who seems to me, if the past is prologue, cannot survive this in the long run. >> i think you're right in terms of the interests. but there is a peculiar aspect, namely putin's p
i, for one, frankly do not know what can be done by the united states. and most of the calls for an american intervention such as flying over it -- i don't know what we would be doing with our aircraft, that doesn't solve the political problems on the ground. there isn't a good solution except one perhaps that is to say some form of international cooperation which we haven't been able to generate yet. that is to say the u.n. security council, particularly chinese and the russians, have to be...
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the united states supreme court does not allow that. scalia, thomas, alito, roberts, kennedy all together said, mike, that americans have a right to keep and bear arms, handguns, shotguns, hunting rifles to protect their families. but that the federal government can regulate these other things. wayne lapierre, if he says or ted cruz says that first they're going to take your assault weapons and then they're going to come for your handguns, they're lying. they can't do that. it's unconstitutional. >> the second amendment, though, mentions nothing about ammunition. senators, there's something you can do on that side. we're talking about the gun side. can we make ammunition uneconomic? >> well, i think what we have to do is look at the framework that has been put out there by senator feinstein and others and then see how much of it we can get enough votes for, to get it passed through the senate. and how much of it will actually succeed in getting to the president's desk. this is about the politically possible. now, having said that, more
the united states supreme court does not allow that. scalia, thomas, alito, roberts, kennedy all together said, mike, that americans have a right to keep and bear arms, handguns, shotguns, hunting rifles to protect their families. but that the federal government can regulate these other things. wayne lapierre, if he says or ted cruz says that first they're going to take your assault weapons and then they're going to come for your handguns, they're lying. they can't do that. it's...
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and we don't think we need a weapon to kill members of the united states armed forces. so what side do the republicans want to be on? their future depends on which side they choose. >> and at the top of this block, you were talking about how this needs to be a campaign for the president. it was personal when newtown happened. this ad is personal, too. i can't imagine the president and his wife won't be horrified when they see what the nra is doing. will your advice be to react personally and to get involved on every level? >> absolutely. i think you've got to be all in on this. and i will say this, to build off of joe's point. it will be interesting today to see how long it takes republicans to get asked about this and walk away from it. and then i think it will be an important inflection point early on in this debate. >> great. >> puts everybody's children right into the jackpots. >> melody and robert, thank you so much. >>> up next, nbc news political director chuck todd and ben smith joins the conversation. you're watching "morning joe" brewed by starbucks. [ woman ]
and we don't think we need a weapon to kill members of the united states armed forces. so what side do the republicans want to be on? their future depends on which side they choose. >> and at the top of this block, you were talking about how this needs to be a campaign for the president. it was personal when newtown happened. this ad is personal, too. i can't imagine the president and his wife won't be horrified when they see what the nra is doing. will your advice be to react personally...
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the united states is going to have to deal with these things. how well situated are modern democracies to fight guerrilla -- to fight these wars? >> well, modern democracies face certain handicaps because of the growing power of the media and of democracy. and so if a war becomes unpopular at home, it's hard to sustain abroad. that wasn't something the roman empire had to worry about. it's something that modern france and the united states have to worry about. so my biggest concern about the french in mali is are they going to have the staying power? because sending a few hundred or a few thousand troops into mali and pushing back some of the militants for a few weeks is fine. but they're going to come back. and the reality is, one of the points in the new book is that the average insurgency since 1945 has lasted almost ten years. so you better be ready for the long haul. and if you're not, you're not going to win. >> max, what does your research us about afghanistan? >> i don't have a crystal ball, and i think there are reasons for concerns. i
the united states is going to have to deal with these things. how well situated are modern democracies to fight guerrilla -- to fight these wars? >> well, modern democracies face certain handicaps because of the growing power of the media and of democracy. and so if a war becomes unpopular at home, it's hard to sustain abroad. that wasn't something the roman empire had to worry about. it's something that modern france and the united states have to worry about. so my biggest concern about...
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tends to isolate the united states and others will work around him. even ever stronger multi-lateral sanctions. what he also believes is that one has to engage. you don't make peace with your friend, you make peace with your enemies and adversaries and by engaging in the great american diplomat wrote about this in the "wall street journal" in defense of senator hagel that he understands by engaging, you learn about the fishiers within the other party's arguments. you ntdz what they want and don't want. you still may have to go to the military force and he's never taken that off the table regarding iran, but just his whole history, his history from vietnam taught him that there is no glory in war. president obama said it best when nominating him yesterday and very movingly talking about how he's moved by the bleeding and dirt and the mud. and i think that's the way he'll look at it. that will be a last resort for a secretary of defense hagel and that's exactly where the president of the united states stands, as well. i think president hagel has been a
tends to isolate the united states and others will work around him. even ever stronger multi-lateral sanctions. what he also believes is that one has to engage. you don't make peace with your friend, you make peace with your enemies and adversaries and by engaging in the great american diplomat wrote about this in the "wall street journal" in defense of senator hagel that he understands by engaging, you learn about the fishiers within the other party's arguments. you ntdz what they...
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taxes for the first time in 20 years, and you know that's the bloody flag that the president of the united states wants to wave to his left-wing base -- >> this is it. absolutely. zr >> -- you give everything you can. remember those nimrods that were standing up on the stage and were giving the 10-1 option, would you raise $1 in taxes for $10 in spending cuts? >> those nimrods, by which you mean all of the republican presidential candidates, those nimrods. >> those nimrods. i was on my couch and i was, like, yes, yes, yes. because we all know ronald reagan was promised 3-1. he never got it. george w. bush was promised 2-1. he never got it. if you could get 10-1, that would -- >> that would be a rout. >> i was going to say, that would be a ronald reagan dream. that would be a ron paul dream. >> right. >> you know what the ratio was yesterday? >> hmm? >> not computable. >> no, it was computable. i saw it somewhere. 1-43. $1 in spending cuts for every $43 in tax increases. you don't take the 10-1 but 1-43, an absolute disaster, an absolute, absolute failure in leadership on the republican par
taxes for the first time in 20 years, and you know that's the bloody flag that the president of the united states wants to wave to his left-wing base -- >> this is it. absolutely. zr >> -- you give everything you can. remember those nimrods that were standing up on the stage and were giving the 10-1 option, would you raise $1 in taxes for $10 in spending cuts? >> those nimrods, by which you mean all of the republican presidential candidates, those nimrods. >> those...